Marshall wrote her first song in 1973 and has been writing ever since. In 1987, she received a citation of achievement from BMI for “Betty’s Bein’ Bad.” That same year, “Betty” was a finalist for “Country/Rock Song of the Year” at the Music City News National Songwriter Awards. In 1996, “Betty” was inducted into BMI’s “Million-Air” elite, having logged over a million performances worldwide.
Marshall’s songs are administered by BMG.
Marshall’s songs recorded by other artists
All I Want Is Everything – Mindy McCready
Bad Debt – Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women
Better Off Without You – Emmylou Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Betty’s Bein’ Bad – Sawyer Brown, Mats Radberg & Rankarna
Beyond My Wildest Dreams – Siobhan Mayer-Kennedy
Beyond the End – Jimmy Buffett
Breaking Point – Danny Flowers
Call the Lamas! – Holly Arntzen & Kevin Wright, Greg Tamblyn
Can’t Run from Yourself – Tanya Tucker, Hanne Boel, The Elly Maze, Bullseye
Christmas in the Caribbean – Jimmy Buffett
Daddy Long Legs – Tanya Tucker
Don’t Go Messin’ with a Country Boy – Hillbilly Jim (The Wrestler)
Don’t Make Me Pregnant – Miss Tammy Faye Starlite
Everybody’s on the Run – Jimmy Buffett
Great Big Crush – Rick Bedrosian
Guiding Light – Russ Taff
Happy Childhood – Marianne Osiel, Greg Tamblyn, Bill Littleton, Michael Brown
Have a Little Faith – Karen Taylor-Good, Greg Tamblyn
The Hogs Are on Fire – James Hollihan
I Don’t Wanna Hold Your Hand – Gail Davies & Wild Choir
I Love Everybody – Tim Krekel
I Think I’ll Say Goodbye – Olivia Newton-John, Mary Kay James, Jeris Ross, Cor Sanne
It Was Love – Russ Taff
Jesus Is the Reason for the Season – Jonell Mosser
Just to Keep from Drowning – Joe Cocker
Just to Torture Myself – Kacey Jones
Know My Needs – The Earl Scruggs Revue
Last Mango in Paris –Jimmy Buffett
Leaving Loachapoka – Bonnie Wren
Let the Pretty Lady Dance –Conway Twitty
Lands Far Away –Don Mealer (aka Poobah)
Lies – Standard Transmission (featuring Robert Jetton)
Living in the Name of Love –The Whites, Claire Lynch, Ever Call Ready, The Lewis Family
Lose Me in You –Crystal Gayle
The Man Who Would Be BB King – Little Willie Horton & the Weekenders
The 90s Is the 60s Turned Upside Down – Dion, Wynonna, Gary Nicholson, John Jorgenson
Off the Deep End – Danny Flowers
Old Habits –John Hiatt, Ronnie Milsap, Irma Thomas, Greg “Fingers” Taylor
Nervous –Danny Flowers
The Perfect Partner –Jimmy Buffett
Railroad Track –Shawn Camp
Rode Hard and Put Up Wet –Johnny Lee
Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt) –Jimmy Buffett
Somewhere South of Macon –Lena Zavaroni, Rattlesnake Annie, The Elly Maze, Connie Cato, Pavlína Jíšová (Czech), Gretchen (Todd) Ramsey, Michelle Vidal & The Fur Traders
Take My Hand –Russ Taff
To Show You That I Love You (aka Let My Fingers Do the Walking) – Tompall Glaser, Brian Collins
Trouble –Alannah Myles
Unfinished Business –Johnnie Allan
What Kind of Girl –Don Henry
A Womans’ Heart (Is a Handy Place to Be) –Jessi Colter, Crystal Gayle
Your Husband’s Cheating on Us –Trisha Yearwood, Matraca Berg, The Likely Culprits
Songs in movies
Better Off Without You – Limbo
Between Carolina and Texas – Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie
Can’t Run from Yourself – Father Hood
Old Habits – Switch
Riding with Willie – Mississippi Grind
Rode Hard and Put Up Wet – Urban Cowboy
Why Can’t I Be Like Other Girls? – Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie